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Kenneth Webb, John Butler Yeats, Cecil Maguire, Harry Kernoff, Dan O’Neill, William Conor, Charles Brady and John Shinnors are among the artists whose work features at Morgan O’Driscoll’s current online sale of Irish art. Bidding runs to Monday, September 24 between 6.30 pm and 9.30 pm and there is viewing in Skibbereen from September 20. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

Daniel O’Neill (1920-1974)Figures in a Landscape (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,200 AT HAMMER

Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974) Men Fishing, West River Falls, Nova Scotia (1957) (2,000-4,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,200 AT HAMMER

The Winners by Dan O’Neill (1920-1974) UPDATE: THIS MADE 9,000 AT HAMMER

The Winners, an oil on board by Dan O’Neill at Morgan O’Driscoll’s online auction of Irish art on May 21 last came up at The Irish Sale at Sotheby’s in London in 2002. It sold for 8,000 euro then. This time around it is estimated at 8,000-12,000.

Highlights of the sale include works by James Humbert Craig, Henry Robertson Craig, John Butler Yeats, Kenneth Webb, Basil Blackshaw and Carey Clarke. There are 224 lots including sculpture and each can be viewed life-size in your own setting via the AR Marker with the Morgan O’Driscoll app. The catalogue for the sale is online. Here is a small selection:

Gerard Dillon’s 1952 portrait of his fellow artist Dan O’Neill graces the catalogue cover for Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin on November 30. Based on the quality of works on offer and a new confidence in the salesrooms of Ireland Whyte’s remain optimistic about this sale of 161 lots. The portrait, for instance, has been singled out twice for exhibitions at retrospectives in 1972 and 2003. It is from a key point in Dillon’s career. By 1952 he had established himself as a painter and was closely involved in many of the exhibitions and organisations promoting and supporting visual art in Ireland North and South. He would go on to represent Great Britain in the Pittsburgh International exhibition in 1958 and the Guggenheim International, where he represented Ireland in 1958 and 1960.

Dillon’s contemporaries also shine in this sale with works by Dan O’Neill, Nano Reid and Norah McGuinness. There is a strong selection of works by William Conor showing aspects of life in Belfast and an iconic West of Ireland landscape by Paul Henry. The sale will be held at the RDS and the catalogue is online.

Early drawings by Paul Henry (1876-1958) unseen in this country since the 1940’s will be a highlight at Morgan O’Driscoll’s sale of Irish and International art at the RDS on September 14. The two drawings, Boy with a Flute (1910) and Woman with Fagots (1904) were acquired directly from the artist and have been in New Zealand since the 1940’s. Each one is estimated at 15,000-25,000.

There is sculpture by John Behan and others, an original screen print by Robert Motherwell and Old Time Dance by Dan O’Neill which depicts a night time scene and a couple dancing. The sale of 110 lots will be on view at Morgan O’Driscoll’s Skibbereen offices from September 4-7 and in Dublin at the RDS Minerva Suite from September 11.

Boy with a Flute by Paul Henry (15,000-25,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 15,000 AT HAMMER

Woman With Fagots by Paul Henry (15,000-25,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 14,000 AT HAMMER

The Pig Market by Charles Henry Cook (3,000-5,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,400 AT HAMMER

Old Time Dance by Dan O’Neill (15,000-25,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 9,500 AT HAMMER

The catalogue for Morgan O’Driscoll’s latest off the wall online auction of Irish art is now live. It features a variety of affordable artworks including sculpture. The sale runs until July 6 at 6.30 pm. Here is a small selection: